Table of Contents Reading and Writing Grooves

Punching Rhythm Squares

Purpose of this lesson:

Understand, read, play and compose written music in an embodied physical way. (Integrating visual auditory, kinesthetic)

Specifically each note symbol on the board- connecting to a single arm movement.

Alternating right and left movements.

Learn sequencing in a fluid way.

Master moving from relaxation, to attention, to action, and back to relaxation.

Be able to appreciate and celebrate work done.

Be attentive and attuned to another

Develop leadership skills

Be able to understand how rhythm is a procession or progression of sounds organized over a silent regular pulse.

Be able to start composing, writing, reading, playing and performing simple rhythms. Then build these simple rhythm in to evolved organized forms.

Preliminaries:

Ready

Sticks Asleep

Rumble on the top

Rumble on the edge

Rumble on the side

Conducted start and stop rumbles,

Balloon conductor with steps

Moving in a steady pulse vs moving in a chaotic pulse

Step Touch

Directions

Lift your arm, notice (pay attention to what muscles you use to lift your arm

Use simple movements that students learn to interpret a rhythm pattern.

You can use 1 hand or two hands.

Start with Simon Says movements:

Boom   Boom Punch Punch Boom Rest

Boom Boom Boom Punch Boom Rest

Boom Punch Boom Punch Boom Rest

Boom Rest Punch Punch Boom Rest

Harder:

Boom Rest Punch Boom Boom Rest

Boom Rest Rest Rest Boom Rest

Harder Still:

Rest Boom Punch Punch Rest Rest

Add:

Chop 

On a white board Draw -

(If possible use a different color for the frame than the symbols.)

Have and empty frame, ask various students to fill in a box. (Its quick, its easy, it keeps students involved. This is the essence of composing, knowing what sounds are in your repertoire and choose how best to arrange them.)

Now bring out the bucket drums.

Play all these patterns on the buckets drums

Extensions:

4BoxWords

Metaphor To Explore:

What activities in your life involve preparation, completions?